I have an emachines computer and recently the power supply had to be changed as for some unknown reason the computer decided it did not want to turn on any more, so now the computer will turn on but nothing comes up on the monitor and the monitor says it is working any ideas of what might have caused this and how to fix it? Any help is appreciated.Thank you

Hi,

Tell us which motherboard, which CPU, which video card (model and type like AGP, pci-e), and last, but not least....what brand name and wattage of the new power supply.

Post back with information and we can better look for a solution.

Perhaps the new power supply doesn't have the power to give your graphics card the juice it needs. Do you hear any error beeps when the computer turns on? Also, the old power supply may have gone out with a "bang" and destroyed your old Videocard, although last I remember Emachines used onboard video almost exclusivly.

I have an Emachines desktop which came with 64MB graphics card 64MB seemed quite good 3 years ago.

Ok you better slow down a little bit I am a bit on the slow side when it comes to computers (I just do the basic stuff)
From what I have been told apparently there is not a video card (not that my help can see) Processor is an AMD Athlon, power supply is a Norwood Micro 250 watts. Hope this info is sufficient-Thanks

Have you checked that the monitor "really" is working? Especially with TFT and LCD, they don't like their power supply disturbed. Try checking the cables of the monitor and the plugs in the power socket.

Also, can you "hear" noises like your drive is loading???

I know my monitor is OK as I brought my computer to work and it does the same thing on my work monitor, I do hear noises, like it is trying to start up and do its thing, the light comes on the cpu.

Originally Posted by zenamlenz

I know my monitor is OK as I brought my computer to work and it does the same thing on my work monitor, I do hear noises, like it is trying to start up and do its thing, the light comes on the cpu.

Zen, this could be hardware or a problem with other things. Have you tried putting your XP disk in the CD ROM drive and allowing the OS to boot from CD?

It is worth a try until someone with Hardware knowledge comes along and answers you far better than I.

I suspect a non hardware issue, but that is only my personal opinion, and I may be wrong, but I think attempting to boot with the CD could give us answers on that count. If the CD works, a repair install, which leaves all your files intact could probably be of great use to you.

It could be that something happened to your boot sector.......it could be many things, and this means we have to eliminate things one buy one. It isn't the same as seeing a PC, so please stay with us and your problem will most likely have a solution.

250 is hardly enough these days to properly operate these power hungry CPUs and GPUs. That aside, are you comfortable with working on a computer? If so, turn it off, unplug everything, ground yourself by touching some bare metal (or better yet, use a grounding matt and strap), and start unplugging everything (hard drive, floppy, etc.). Then plug in power, monitor, and keyboard only and bring it up. If it beeps, we can go from there. If it works, turn the computer off, unplug everything, ground yourself again, and plug in one thing (for example, the floppy drive), and bring it up again. Keep doing this until it stops working. If it doesn't work, we know something is probably wrong with the video.

In my opinion i think the graphics card has blown :? Can you borrow a graphics card from someone to try?